Front Matter

10.1163/9789004263123_001

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Chapter Summary

This front matter section of the book Chinese Studies in the Netherlands: Past, Present and Future presents the table of contents and a list of illustrations. The book evaluates one's own past and assumes a more critical attitude and points out both the strengths and weaknesses of the Leiden school. It focuses on the academic side and the role of sinology in providing language specialists for the colonial government in the Dutch Indies. The book focuses on Chinese studies of the 1920s and 1930s, namely the academic activities of the graduates who went to the Dutch East Indies.